Yuan Shao's original plan to march was to divide the troops into two routes, besiege Jinan all the way, and exterminate Guan Yu's tiger roar order; The other way directly entered Linzi, and then divided the troops into two ways. All the way to the south to Linqu, all the way to the east to take the North Sea.

In this way, a strategic depth line of 300 miles from the Yellow River to Dongguan has basically been formed. First, it can ensure the supply of supplies, and second, it can be attacked as much as possible, and retreat can be defended.

But after hearing the news that Guan Yu had abandoned Jinan and moved his army to Licheng, Yuan Shao began to hesitate. In his strategy for employing troops, Guan Yu's tiger roar order must be eliminated.

Otherwise, if he drives a long way, even if he occupies Qingzhou, then Gao Yun will sooner or later move north. If you attack Guan Yu on both sides, it will inevitably be very unfavorable to yourself.

However, their own troops have been deployed according to strategic intentions, and Licheng is far away on the western border of Qingzhou. If you turn around and fight Guan Yu again, and go back and forth for another one or two hundred miles, it will inevitably affect the entire battle situation.

This is also Guan Yu's cleverness in using soldiers, he knows that what Yuan Shao hopes most is to surround Jinan and eat the Tiger Roar Order first.

So Guan Yu didn't move, and waited until Yuan Shao'an set up camp, and arranged the soldiers and horses properly. suddenly abandoned the city and left, leaving Yuan Shao in a dilemma. Hurry up and convene the civil and military people to discuss countermeasures.

He smiled and said: "The lord doesn't need to worry, Guan Yu and the tiger roar order that the soldiers and horses are only 50,000, which is not enough to mind." It is only necessary to have an army in Juxian County, and beware of Guan Yu's sneak attack. The soldiers are fast, and the lord must not hesitate. At this time, Gao Yun and Yuan Shu were hindered, and the soldiers and horses marched quickly, first taking Linzi and then Beihai. At that time, even if Gao Yun's whole army comes, there is no need to be afraid! ”

Before Yuan Shao could express his position, the judge stepped forward and retorted: "This is a bad statement, although Guan Yu has few soldiers and horses, there are tens of thousands of people. Today, according to Licheng, the land is close to the Yellow River. And the supplies of our army are all from Hebei, if Guan Yu sneaks up on grain and grass, wouldn't it be a big disaster? Moreover, Yuan Shu is far from being Gao Yun's opponent, and after the Huwei army breaks Yuan Shu, the whole division will inevitably go north. At that time, the army will be busy dealing with Gao Yun's main force, if Guan Yu takes advantage of the weakness to attack our army, how can he solve it!? Therefore, in my opinion, Guan Yu must not be removed."

Frustrated, he laughed, "This is really a child's opinion! Knowing that Gao Yun's army was coming soon, he should march quickly. Now that Guan Yu's whole army has retreated from Licheng, Qingzhou is empty everywhere, and the army is enterprising, which can be swept away. Now our army is on the south bank of the line, and behind it is the Yellow River. Once the army of Gao Yun comes, it is good if we can win, but if we can't win, then we will all die in the Yellow River! ”

There is nothing wrong with saying that Fu Zhu's strategy is not wrong at all, but his tone is too sharp. However, Yuan Shao's original opinion was similar to that of the trial, and he was frustrated and said that the opinion of the trial of the child was the same in Yuan Shao's heart.

Immediately furious, "Presumptuous! Boldly frustrated, how dare you say this slow army, mess with our army's heart!? Come! Pull out the tent with me! Twenty rods! Set an example! ”

The guards on the left and right stepped forward in response, dragged Fu Zhi up and left. Frustrated, he still laughed, and still shouted in his mouth, "Lord! Don't hesitate! ”

Yuan Shao became more and more annoyed, "Pull it out!" Pull it out! Beat! Beat! ”

Fu Zhu is a literati, where can he withstand the punishment of a military staff, after twenty beatings, the skin is open, and he faints on the ground.

Yuan Shao is a person who wants to save face, and now he has been frustrated, and it is absolutely impossible to use the advice of frustration. In his opinion, that would be tantamount to a slap in the face. It just so happened that he had always trusted the trial, so he decided to divide the army and march in four directions.

The first road sent Zang Ba to lead a road of soldiers and horses, and set up camp on open ground fifty miles south of Licheng to prevent Guan Yu from fleeing south;

Then the two roads made Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran each lead a road of soldiers and horses, out of Ju County to the west, and attacked Licheng together to eliminate Guan Yu;

The fourth road ordered Yan Liang to lead an army, march out of Linjinan, and take Linzi directly.

The long-distance scout got the news and quickly reported to Licheng. Guan Yu laughed when he heard this, "Yuan Shao'er, as expected. Zhou Tai listens to orders! ”

"The last general!"

"There is an open ground fifty miles south of Licheng, and when the land is the main road to the south, Zang Ba will camp here to intercept my retreat. Ten miles south of this place, there is a mountain, called Medicine Mountain. Immediately lead your troops and horses and ambush them in this mountain. Zang Ba thought that our army was in the city, and it must be light and unprepared. You take advantage of the fact that he is encamped and the men and horses are slacking off, and you stand out and strike at him! ”

"Order!"

Zhou Tai stepped forward to receive the order, turned around and left the tent, and went to lead the troops to ambush. Guan Yu held another arrow in his hand, "Zhang Yu listens to the order!" ”

"The last general!"

"If Zang Ba is defeated, he will definitely go back the way he came. There is a mountain in the west of the earthen drum thirty miles, the left is called Itoyama Mountain, the right is called Baima Mountain, there is only one road between the two mountains, it is the place where Zangba's army must pass. You can lead your soldiers and horses to ambush in two ways, and ambush them all the way at the mouth of the valley, and let the defeated army enter the valley without alarming. The other road is blocked in the depths, lying on the high part of the mountain, and there are many bows and crossbows. After Zang Ba enters the valley, he will highlight it. If Zang Ba sees that the road is blocked, he will inevitably retreat. When it retreated to the exit, the ambush at the mouth of the valley was exhausted, and the ambush soldiers in the valley were attacked on both sides. Even if you don't kill Zang Ba's army, you will lose most of it! ”

"Order!"

"Zhou Cang listens to orders!"

"The last general!"

"Licheng is a small city and it is too narrow to hold. The two armies have many soldiers and horses, and they will come to besiege the city. I personally led the army to ambush outside the city, and you led your soldiers and horses to hold the city walls. When most of the enemy army is under the city, you can set fire to the letter cannon. As soon as the cannon sounded, I led my troops out and attacked the enemy. Gather your men and horses, and strike them out from the east gate. The two-way attack will definitely be broken! ”

"Order!"

Zhou Cang clenched his fists, stepped forward to receive the arrow, turned around and left the tent, and went to arrange the soldiers, horses, and cannons.

The arrangements were made, Guan Yu secretly sneered, "Yuan Shao'er, if it weren't for my eldest brother's words, I wouldn't have called you a fierce battle." Even if you have 500,000 soldiers and horses, you are not afraid. Now that there are only three ways of soldiers and horses, what can I do? Let's kill you three ways first, so that you know Guan's means! ”

Yuan Shao's arrangement was indeed in Guan Yu's arms. Licheng is low in the west of Qingzhou, and if a large army is raised, it will be time-consuming and laborious, and the whole plan will be disrupted. But sending a small group of soldiers and horses to fight like this is like giving away people's heads in Guan Yu's opinion.

Zang Ba was ordered by Yuan Shaojun to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses from Juxian to the south to block Guan Yu's retreat. Because Yuan Shao's military order was urgent, Zang Ba led this road of soldiers and horses, marched all the way, and ran more than 80 miles before arriving at the strategic location.

The cavalry on horseback didn't have much effect, but the infantry couldn't, and they were tired and out of breath.

As soon as Zang Ba ordered to camp on the spot, he fell crooked after a hula. Zang Ba was also quite sympathetic, feeling that anyway, the two armies were much farther away than himself, even if Guan Yu escaped, at least he had to wait for the two soldiers and horses to arrive in Licheng.

So I was not in a hurry, so I just let the soldiers rest for a while.

Zang Ba himself also bumped all the way, so he simply asked the guards to temporarily build a few bed boards, and rest for a while with a few generals.